Wildfires & Fire Restrictions 2013

Dave

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Busy season for fire already. Colorado's been going hard and Utah's heating up. Dark Canyon south of Canyonlands and north of Natural Bridges is burning tonight. The state posted these approximate coordinates: 37.77806, -109.80417

Might be nice to have a single thread for wildfire information/closures/conditions.

@utahwildfire usually has info... it's the twitter account for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands fire information officer. State and regional BLM offices are also great sources of info.
 
Wow. Dark Canyon burning... It's crazy how things go from feeling not that out of the ordinary to wildfires all over the place in such short order. Looking like it might be another great year to pack a candle lantern in the Uintas & Wind Rivers. Let it rain!
 
Looks like fire restrictions for southern Utah and northern Arizona go into effect on Thursday, June 20th.

http://www.utahfireinfo.gov/fire_restrictions/2013/CCRestriction6_17.pdf

Fire Restrictions to be Implemented in Southwest Utah and Northwest Arizona

Due to recent dry conditions and high fire danger in southwest Utah and northwest Arizona, Color
Country Interagency Fire Managers are implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions beginning Thursday, June
20 at 00:01 a.m. The following describes the restrictions to be implemented by each fire management
agency in Color Country.
 
Had our first hazy, smoky day yesterday. Not sure from which fire. Hoping not to see a repeat of last years brutal western burn.
Seems amazing in my area because we had a better than average winter snowpack. Pretty wet, cool spring. And now... hot dry and very windy. Seems like every day is windy. Anyway, seeing smoke filled skies yesterday, was not cool!
 
Zion NP just banned fires in the established campgrounds.
 
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